Yule hansel?  -

ootleevin anither pair

o shuin's eneuch

Christmas gift?  -

outliving another pair

of shoes is enough

a tap dreeps  -

yatterin on

it the bodach

a tap drips  -

nagging on

at the old man

i the burd bath

ice moutenin

...hame-cumin tae''ts maker

in the bird bath

ice melting

...returning to its maker

the auld tod follaes the sin  

on'ts vaige

athort the gairden

the old fox follows the sun  

on its journey

across the garden

a blackie chirms

frae a cage

o nakit brainches

a blackbird sings

from a cage

of bare branches

anither burthday  -

freest hus the dykes

fite-heidit an aw

another birthday  -

frost has the hedges

white-headed as well

 i the perk

burds owerturn fa' n leaves  -

drouthies gove ruefully 

in the park

birds turn over fallen leaves  -

winos gaze ruefully

 weir cairn  -

stanes  thit wur glaur yince

beirin thair nems

war memorial  -

stones that were mud once

bearing their names

the muin keeks roon the lum  -

the bodach

less lanely nou

the moon peeps round the chimney  -

the old man

less lonely nou

i the kirk gairden

the thrum

o the rosary

in the church garden

the hum

of the rosary

daw  -  yonder

streetchin weengs semyphore:

swans

dawn  -  in the distance

stretching wings semaphore:

swans

forenent the ferris wheel

hameless tents  

its sheddae rowes ower thaim

opposite the ferris wheel

homeless tents  

its shadow rolls over them

twa doos

it houghmagandie  -

mair lik a fecht

two pigeons

mating  -

more like a fight